The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-02

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Ignorance d the mother Of hydra
headed crime. Thirty-one PER cent OF
all the criminals Of New York State
can neither read nor write. Intel
lectual darkness Is generally the pre-
cursor Of moral darkness.
II Is high time that all city and
State authority, as well as the Federal
Government, appreciate the awful sta
tistics that. while years ago, in this
country. there was set apart AZ, 100000
acres of land for school purposes. there
are now in New England lyl 900 peo-
pie who can neither. read nor write,
and In the State Of Pennsylvania 222,
900 who can neither read nor write,
and In the State OF New York 24l 900
who can neither read nor write. while
in the United States there are nearly
100000 who can neither read nor
write. Statistics enough TO stagger
any man who loves his God and his
country.
Now. In view OF this fact, am in
favor of compulsory education. When
parents are so bestial as 10 neglect
this duty TO the child. say the law,
with strong hand, at the same time
with gentle hand, ought to lead these
little ones into the light Of intelligence
and good morals.
The officers of the law ought to go
down into the cellars, and up into the
garrets, and bring out these benighted
little ones, and put them under educa.
tional influences; after they have
passed through the bath and under
the comb, put before them the spell
ing book, aud teach them to read the
Lords Prayer and the Sermon on the
Mount
Blessed are tho poor in spirit, for theirs
Is the kingdom OF heaven.
Our city ought to be father and
mother both To these outcast little
ones. AS recipe for much of the
woe and want and crime of our city,
give the words which Thorwaldsen
had chiseled on the open scroll in the
hand of the statue of John Guten-
berg, the inventor Of the art of print
ing:
Let there DO light.
/ believe the great want of our city
Is the gospel and something to eatl
Faith and repentance are of infinite
Importance; but they can not satisfy
an empty stomach! You have TO 60
forth in this work with the bread OF
eternal life in your right hand, and
the bread OF this life Ia your left hand,
and then you can reach them, initial
ing the Lord Jesus Christ, who first
broke the bread and fed the multitudes
in the wilderness, and then began to
preach, recognizing the fact that
while people are hungry they will not
listen, and they will not repent. We
want more common sense in the dis
tribution of our charities; fewer mag
niicent theories and more hard work.
Still further: The great remedial In
iiuence is the Gospel of Christ. Take
that down through the lanes Of suffer
ing. Take that down through the
novels OF sin. Take that up amid the
mansions and palaces of your city.
That is the salt that can cure all the
poisoned fountains OF iniquity.
Do you know that in this cluster of
three cities, New York, Jersy City and
Brooklyn, there are great multitndes
of homeless children You see
speak more in regard 10 the youth and
children Of the country, because old
villains are seldom reformed, and
therefore / talk more about the little
ones. They sleep under the stoops. in
o1 stf ia In -,
the streets, on the barges, wherever
they can get board TO cover them.
And in the summer they sleep all night
long in the parks.
How many are waiting for you TO
come out in the spirit of the Lord
Jesus Christ and rescue them from
their wretchedness herel Oh that the
Church Of God had arms long enough
and hears warm enough TO take them
upl How many of them there arel As
was thinking of the subject this
morning, 10 seemed 10 me as though
there was great brink, and that these
little ones, with cut and torn feet,
were coming on toward II. And here
is group of orphans. o fathers and
mothers, what do you think Of these
fatherless and motherless little onesg
No hand at home TO take care of their
apparel, no heart to pity them. Said
one little one, when the mother died (:
"who will take care of my clothes
now?"
The little ones are thrown out In
this great cold world. They are shiv-
ering on the brink like lambs on the